Safety Harbor, Florida

Safety Harbor, Florida, in Pinellas county, is 6 miles E of Clearwater, Florida (center to center) and 14 miles W of Tampa, Florida. The city is included in the Tampa - Saint Petersburg - Clearwater metropolitan area. As of the year 2000 census, 17,203 people lived in Safety Harbor.

The People and Families of Safety Harbor

In Safety Harbor, about 59% of adults are married.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Safety Harbor had a median family income of $59,911. Many people in Safety Harbor make a good living. The bulk of the population of the city is doing well, with money to spend. Safety Harbor doesn't have a large share of its people below the poverty line. Significantly, more adults in the city have earned college degrees than have people in most other cities in Florida.

Political Inclinations

Safety Harbor residents donated more money ($12,250) to George W. Bush than to the other candidates in the 2004 Presidential race. Across all electoral races, the Republican party attracted the most donations from the city.

Safety Harbor Housing

An estimated 84% of living spaces in Safety Harbor are occupied by their owners, not by renters. The housing stock in the city is younger than in most places.

Commuting

In Safety Harbor, 92% of commuters drive to work.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
Safety Harbor17,203$59,911
Belleair4,067$96,400
Clearwater108,787$46,228
Dunedin35,691$47,620
Largo69,371$41,523
Oldsmar11,910$53,142
Palm Harbor59,248$52,925

High Points

Safety Harbor strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in Florida):

CategoryTrophy
Low Rate of Poverty
(vs. State)
Top 14%Safety Harbor Low Rate of Poverty
Well-Paid Single Women
(vs. State)
Top 15%Safety Harbor Well-Paid Single Women
People in Middle Class or Better
(vs. State)
Top 15%Safety Harbor People in Middle Class or Better
Median Family Income
(vs. State)
Top 18%Safety Harbor Median Family Income
Low Property Crime
(vs. State)
Top 19%Safety Harbor Low Property Crime


The listings in Safety Harbor, Florida and surrounding areas provide the following services:

(1) Mental Health Services
(16) Outpatient
(8) Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders
(4) Teens and Adolescents
(8) Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders
(8) Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
(3) Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
(3) Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
(4) Females
(3) Males
(4) Drug/Alcohol Detoxification
(4) American Sign Language
(6) Spanish Speaking
(2) Hospital Inpatient
(3) Persons with HIV/AIDS
(2) Gay and Lesbian
(1) Seniors/Older Adults
(5) Clients With Legal Issues
(2) Methadone Detoxification
(4) Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
(1) Halfway House
(1) Methadone Maintenance



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Are you battling an addiction to drugs or alcohol and live in Safety Harbor, Florida? Do you have a friend or family member that is addicted to drugs or alcohol in Safety Harbor and you don't know where to turn to for help? Addiction to any substance can be a very dark and lonely place, not just for the abuser but for anyone that cares about them. All hope is not lost; there are effective solutions out there. We can help you find a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center in Safety Harbor that will be appropriate for your treatment needs.

A Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Program in Safety Harbor is a perfect solution for the treatment of drug addiction and alcoholism. Treatment will be geared towards helping the individual overcome their need to fix problems in their life with drugs and alcohol. Once they can grasp this, they will be able to cope with life situations more appropriately and resolve their problems without substances.

There are a variety of approaches to addiction treatment. Examples offered in Safety Harbor are Outpatient Drug Treatment Programs, Long-term Drug Rehabilitation, Short-term Drug Treatment, Inpatient Drug Rehabilitation Programs, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers in Safety Harbor will target both the physical and psychological aspects of addiction. Individuals are treated for physical addiction by undergoing a detoxification program in Safety Harbor, Florida to assist with the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms which result when an addict discontinues use of a substance they are addicted to. Continued use of a psychoactive substance over time causes the brain to adapt to the presence of the drug, making the desired effect minimal. Physical tolerance to drugs such as heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, nicotine and alcohol develops in this way. Over time, more and more of the addictive drug is required to get the same effect. Quitting an addictive drug abruptly causes serious withdrawal symptoms, which may take the body weeks or months to return to normal function. Withdrawing from hardcore drugs such as heroin can cause extremely severe and painful withdrawal symptoms, which can last for quite some time.

A Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Facility in Safety Harbor will be able to administer a professional detox as well as assistance with psychological issues. These underlying psychological issues are at the root of all drug and alcohol addiction problems. Addressing this head on will decrease the chances of relapse and increase the chances of a fully rehabilitated and contributing member of society. A Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Center in Safety Harbor, FL. has proven to be the most successful method for treating an individual with a severe drug addiction problem. An Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Center in Safety Harbor, follows a rigid, comprehensive program to ensure a successful recovery. This program addresses every aspect of addiction and every area where the person could be having trouble.

To ensure a lasting recovery, the individual must gain the knowledge, abilities and "life tools" to change their behavior and reaction to situations. The individual's program will be focused on strategies for returning home to Safety Harbor, from an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Program and even running into prior drug using friends or acquaintances in Safety Harbor. Upon completion of their program, the individual will be able to deal with the reminders and triggers in Safety Harbor which may have prompted their drug use, as these same triggers can produce psychological stressors. These psychological stressors, if not addressed, can make it very hard for an individual to control their response to drug using impulses. Research has shown that an addict shows changes in the way their brain functions after having discontinued using drugs and/or alcohol. Because of this, even an individual with the best of intentions may find it extremely hard to overcome drug addiction or alcoholism without professional addiction treatment.

So you can see that a recovering addict has a lot to deal with when deciding to kick the habit. With triggers, drug cravings, and changes in the way their brain functions due to habitual drug use, seeking help at an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Program to successfully recovery from drug and alcohol addiction is a no-brainer.

A person that is serious about the decision to get sober should enroll in an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Facility in Safety Harbor, FL. Why fail again on your own? Why lose another friend or push a family member even further away? Why beg, cheat, and steal just to get drugs or alcohol, risking legal problems and jail time? You don't have to be depressed and unhappy because of excessive drug or alcohol use. There is help available, even for the most severe addicts.

Getting Help

Call toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378) and speak to a professional Registered Addiction Specialist or simply fill out the Safety Harbor, Florida Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Facility request form and counselor will contact you shortly.

There are no listings in Safety Harbor, FL. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Safety Harbor, Florida:

Directions for Mental Health Inc Clearwater, FL 4.0 miles from Safety Harbor
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Jonathan Wade Center Clearwater, FL 4.0 miles from Safety Harbor
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Access to Recovery
Elliott and Associates Palm Harbor, FL 5.2 miles from Safety Harbor
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Alternative Trt International Inc Clearwater, FL 5.5 miles from Safety Harbor
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Program
Services Offered: Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Focus One Inc Clearwater, FL 6.6 miles from Safety Harbor
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Suncoast Ctrs for Community Health Inc Saint Petersburg, FL 6.6 miles from Safety Harbor
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Fairwinds Treatment Center Clearwater, FL 7.2 miles from Safety Harbor
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Whitney Road Facility Clearwater, FL 7.8 miles from Safety Harbor
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Solutions for Substance Abuse and Largo, FL 9.0 miles from Safety Harbor
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Town and Country Hospital Tampa, FL 9.3 miles from Safety Harbor
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Turning Point of Tampa Inc Tampa, FL 9.3 miles from Safety Harbor
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
CV Counseling Services Largo, FL 9.7 miles from Safety Harbor
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Healthcare Alternatives of West FL Inc Largo, FL 9.7 miles from Safety Harbor
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Halfway House, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Solutions Behavioral Healthcare Largo, FL 9.7 miles from Safety Harbor
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Gay and Lesbian, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Access to Recovery
Operation Par Inc Bradenton, FL 10.4 miles from Safety Harbor
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Integrity Counseling Inc Largo, FL 10.4 miles from Safety Harbor
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Goodwill Industries Suncoast Inc Saint Petersburg, FL 10.9 miles from Safety Harbor
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Susan Weston McMillan MS LMHC CAP Indian Shores, FL 11.6 miles from Safety Harbor
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Associates and Behavioral Tampa, FL 12.4 miles from Safety Harbor
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Hillsborough Comm Correctional Center Tampa, FL 12.4 miles from Safety Harbor
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment

Did You Know? ...
Interesting Facts and Statistics:

Past month heavy alcohol use also was associated with MDE in the past year in 2006. Among adults aged 18 or older with MDE in the past year, 8.6 percent were heavy alcohol users, higher than the 7.3 percent of adults without MDE in the past year. Similarly, among adults with MDE, the rate of daily cigarette use in the past month was 29.7 percent, while the rate was 16.0 percent among adults without MDE.

Inhalant abuse has long been considered a gateway to further substance abuse.

It is common for loved ones of the individuals with a substance abuse problem to need ongoing support programs and services to help them cope with aspects of the drug or alcohol addiction, in order to understand and deal with the recovery process and support the addict's efforts to maintain long term sobriety after they go home.

Many deaths have resulted from combining Xanax with alcohol and other medications resulting in fatal respiratory depression.

Nationally in 2002, about 3.0 percent of persons aged 12 or older were dependent on or had abused illegal drugs in the past year. The District of Columbia had the highest rate of illegal drug abuse or dependence for persons aged 12 or older (4.3 percent), and Kansas had the lowest rate (2.5 percent). Most of the States in the highest fifth were in the West (six States). Only four of the States in the top fifth for illegal drug dependence or abuse also were in the top fifth for alcohol dependence or abuse among persons aged 12 or older: District of Columbia, Montana, New Mexico, and Rhode Island. Rhode Island had the highest rate for illegal drug dependence or abuse among persons aged 18 to 25 (13.9 percent); Vermont had the highest rate among teens (8.8 percent). There were no States common to the highest fifth for all three age groups (12 to 17, 18 to 25, and 26 or older).

Individuals that take benzodiazepines such as Xanax long-term, have a high likelihood of becoming physically and psychologically dependent on the drug.


The following survey was completed by residents of Safety Harbor, Florida as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Safety Harbor, Florida. We cannot guarantee complete accuracy, but our monitoring team uses the highest standards for survey compilation.
You do not have to answer all of the survey questions, you should only answer questions that are relevant to your thoughts and experiences.
Survey results as of May 1, 2012
Perception of marijuana in Safety Harbor, Florida.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
84%
2%
14%
Marijuana use in Safety Harbor, Florida.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
79%
21%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
80%
20%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
8%
79%
13%
Perception of Alcohol in Safety Harbor, Florida.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
4%
6%
90%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
95%
5%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
5%
81%
14%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
3%
22%
46%
29%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Safety Harbor, Florida?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
11%
8%
2%
7%
5%
0%
53%
9%
2%
3%
Most common first drug experience in Safety Harbor, Florida?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
17%
5%
3%
7%
3%
2%
14%
3%
8%
10%
20%
8%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Safety Harbor, Florida schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Safety Harbor, Florida under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
4%
77%
19%
Have you ever gone to school in Safety Harbor, Florida under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
1%
92%
7%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Safety Harbor, Florida?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
22%
6%
2%
8%
2%
3%
12%
5%
11%
7%
15%
7%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
3%
29%
45%
23%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
57%
43%
Surveys updated monthly.

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